MINOR COURSE
History
History of India (from early time to 1206)
Unit-I
1. Sources of Ancient Indian History- Archeological , Literary and foreign accounts
2. Neolithic -Chalcolithic cultures- Indus Valley Civilization (Town planning and
Decline)
3. Iron Age: Megalithic in the South
Unit-II
1. Vedic Age- Society, Polity, Religion and literature and Culture
2. Urban Growth: Sixteen Mahajanapada, Urban Centres: Trade & Commerce
3. Life and Teachings of Gautama Buddha and Mahavir Jaina
Unit-III
1. The Mauryan Empire: Asoka’s Policy of Dhamma, Reading Asokan Inscriptions,
Administration, economy, Decline
2. Post-Mauryan Polities- Kushanas and Satavahanas and Sangam in deep south
3. Political Developments: Expansion, Fragmentation and Huna Invasion from Samudra
Gupta to Skanda Gupta.
Unit-IV
1. Post- Gupta Politics- Pallavas, Chalukyas and Vardhanas
2. Evolution of political structures: Rajputs, Tripatite Struggle and Cholas
3. Arab conquest of Sindh: Causes and Impact
Books Recommended:
1. D.D. Kosambhi- Culture and Civilization in India in Historical Outline
2. R. Thaper- Ashoka and the Decline of the Maurya
3. H.C. Roy Choudhury- Political History of Ancient India
4. N.N.Ghosh- Early History of India
5. A.L.Basm- The Wonder that was India
6. R.C. Majumdar(Ed)- Age of Imperial Unity
7. R.C.Majumdar (Ed)- The Classical Age
8. R.C. Majumdar – The Delhi Sultanate
9. A.L. Srivastava- Sultanate of Delhi
10. Iswari Prasad- Medieval India
11. R.C. Jain- Pre and Pro History of India
12. D.K. Chakrabarti- Pre History of India
13. B.D. Chattopadhyaya- The Making of Early Medieval India
14. K. A. Nilakantha Sastri- The Cholas, South Indian History
15. Romila Thaper- Early India: From the Origins to 1300
16. H.D. Sankhalia- Prehistory of India
17. B.R. Alchin- The Birth of Indian Civilization
History of India-II (1206-1857)
Unit-I
1. Sources of Medieval India: Persian Tariksh Traditoin, Vernacular Histories ,
Epigraphy
2. Consolidation of the Sultanate of Delhi: Balban, Alauddin Khaljis and Mahammad bin
Tughluqs
3. Theories of kingship: The Ruling Elites: Ulema, Sufis and Imperial Monuments
Unit-II
1. Emergence of Regional Identities- Bahamanis, Vijayanagar and Odisha
2. Regional Art, Architecture and Literature in Vijayanagar and Odisha
3. India on the eve of advent of the Mughals
4. Sher Shah: Administrative and Revenue Reforms
Unit-III
1. Mughal Administration institutions: Zabti, Mansab, Jagir, Madad-i-Massh
2. Emergence of the Marathas: Shivaji, Expansion under the Peshwas
3. Mughal and Rajput Paintings: Themes and Perspectives
Unit-IV
1. Advent of Europeans- brief review of British Expansion in India
2. Reforms of East India Company-growth of Educational and press
3. Socio-religious reform movements-Brahmo Samaj and Arya Samaj and Aligarh
movement
4. Revolt of 1857- Causes and Consequences
Book Recommended
1. Satish Chandra- Medieval India, Vol.I
2. J.L. Meheta- An Advanced Study of the History of Medieval India, Vol-I,II
3. Irfan Habib- Medieval India: The study of a Civilization
4. ABM Habibullah: The Foundation of Musim Rule in India
5. R.P. Tripathy- Some Aspects of Muslim Administration in India
6. R.S. Sharma- Early Medieval Indian Society
7. Satish Chandra- Medieval India-Vol. II
8. S. Nurul Hassan- Thoughts on Agrarian Relations in Mughal India
9. Bipin Chandra, K.N. Panikkar, Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan and Aditya
Mukherjee- India’s Struggle for Independence
Freedom Movement and Constitutional Development in India
Unit-I
1. Growth of National Consciousness
2. Political Ideology and Organizations, Formation of INC
3. Policies and Programmes of Early Nationalists- Moderates and Extremists
4. Militant Nationalism Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi Movement
Unit-II
1. Gandhian Movements- Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Quit India
2. Role of the Indian National Army in the Freedom Struggle
3. Regulating Act of 1773- it provision and defects
4. Pitt’s India Act of 1784- Provisions and significance
Unit-III
1. The Morley-Minto Reforms of 1909
2. Government of India Act, 1919
3. Government India Act, 1935
Unit-IV
1. Ideologies and Practices, Muslim League and Hindu Maha Sabha
2. Negotiation Crips mission, Wavel Plan and Cabinet Mission
3. Partition and Independence
4. Making of the Constitution
Book Recommended
1. Sumit Sarkar- Modern India (1885-1947)
2. Bipin Chandra, K.N. Panikkar, Mridula Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan and Aditya
Mukherjee- India’s Struggle for Independence
3. Sekhar Bandopadhyaya- From Plessey to Partition
4. N.S. Bose- Indian Awakening and Bengal
5. A.R.Desai- Social Background of Indian Nationalism
6. S.Gopal- British Policy in India (1858-1905)
7. Bipan Chandra- Indian National Movement
8. A.R.Desai- Social Background to Indian Nationalism
9. P. Robert- History of Modern India
10. A. Seal- The Emergence of Indian Nationalism
11. K.L. Khurana-Modern India
